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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin aequinoctium (“equinox”), from aequus (“equal”) + nox (“night”) (ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.kiˈnɔ.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /e.kiˈnɔ.sju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.kiˈnɔ.si.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /e.kiˈnɔ.sju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.kiˈnɔ.si.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /e.kiˈnɔ.sjo/
- Hyphenation: e‧qui‧nó‧ci‧o
Noun
equinócio m (plural equinócios)
- equinox
Further reading
- “equinócio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “equinócio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “equinócio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “equinócio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “equinócio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024